Stacey

#3,067 for girls in 2025, 53 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 91.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1971 · 7,482 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
22 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
147,750
since 1915

Stacey over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #41, 1971peak #215, 1968girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,06753#10,6956
2024#2,72263#6,19914
2023#3,32948#8,2559
2022#2,72063#5,63316
2021#2,78461#8,1669
2020#2,74860#5,98014
2019#2,35576#5,15318
2018#2,38776#7,13611
2017#2,12990#4,74620
2016#1,735120#5,12418
2015#1,972101#5,50716
2014#1,922104#4,70220
2013#1,624132#5,17117
2012#1,291184#3,71428
2011#1,363169#4,35622
2010#1,431160#3,70828
2009#1,288188#4,92219
2008#1,080242#4,54021
2007#1,064246#3,25034
2006#976267#4,00124
2005#860294#2,96035
2004#831297#2,69739
2003#755329#2,78035
2002#767314#2,50439
2001#714344#2,27744
2000#682350#2,17546
1999#648356#1,80155
1998#558439#1,74158
1997#487512#1,57165
1996#437583#1,45470
1995#375700#1,31979
1994#329818#1,16895
1993#2761,003#1,118101
1992#2301,197#983121
1991#2131,405#902136
1990#1681,735#869139
1989#1462,020#902126
1988#1192,369#869119
1987#1032,709#884112
1986#943,043#914100
1985#893,114#866109
1984#793,649#92590
1983#763,799#805118
1982#853,459#90398
1981#833,754#772127
1980#734,222#694157
1979#604,613#654171
1978#534,998#591203
1977#565,206#601199
1976#515,390#426335
1975#445,931#356472
1974#485,803#328535
1973#416,253#309567
1972#416,380#328543
1971#417,482#350524
1970#487,154#296689
1969#526,614#252829
1968#556,150#2151,073
1967#695,117#2191,020
1966#764,586#313559
1965#844,269#343495
1964#1263,360#412380
1963#1273,305#383431
1962#1782,181#403402
1961#2271,453#457311
1960#2491,228#501249
1959#2501,214#644142
1958#2751,039#691118
1957#349677#711110
1956#411486#77092
1955#467377#78686
1954#485330#85173
1953#688172#86868
1952#785131#90761
1951#902102#94954
1950#97187#92655
1949#1,05073#1,14438
1948#1,07068#1,28032
1947#1,43842#1,73319
1946#1,72327#1,44024
1945#1,74323#1,49420
1944#1,96719#2,08012
1943#2,44714#1,69918
1942#3,1949#2,26811
1941#3,5597#2,20711
1940#2,57211#2,32210
1939#3,1458#1,71216
1938#2,18511
1937#1,91314
1936#2,18411
1935#2,24611
1934#2,02213
1933#3,2686
1932#3,3616
1931#3,0957
1930#1,96415
1929#2,58910
1928#4,1956#3,6976
1927#2,52311
1926#2,72510
1925#2,58811
1924#2,82210
1923#4,9675#2,33113
1922#4,0117#3,5327
1921#2,63211
1920#4,3986#3,2088
1919#4,2516#2,66510
1918#3,2449#2,69910
1917#2,18813
1916#2,9268
1915#4,2745
1914#2,6517
1913#1,9459
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Stacey! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Stacey is popular in 1962

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedAKMaine: #196 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,102 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedNHWashington: #144 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 578 girlsWAIdaho: #132 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 503 girlsIDMontana: #145 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 518 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #160 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 619 girlsNDMinnesota: #205 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,184 girlsMNIllinois: #208 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 1,143 girlsILWisconsin: #234 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,764 girlsWIMichigan: #176 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 933 girlsMINew York: #123 for girls · 298 births · 1 in 548 girlsNYMassachusetts: #160 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 1,027 girlsMARhode Island: #186 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,119 girlsRIOregon: #205 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 963 girlsORNevada: #61 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 196 girlsNVWyoming: #148 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 513 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #180 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 838 girlsSDIowa: #211 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,243 girlsIAIndiana: #160 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 756 girlsINOhio: #205 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 1,186 girlsOHPennsylvania: #154 for girls · 136 births · 1 in 767 girlsPANew Jersey: #165 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 839 girlsNJConnecticut: #124 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 592 girlsCTCalifornia: #126 for girls · 324 births · 1 in 535 girlsCAUtah: #97 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 341 girlsUTColorado: #150 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 619 girlsCONebraska: #159 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 683 girlsNEMissouri: #165 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 789 girlsMOKentucky: #219 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,233 girlsKYWest Virginia: #259 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,612 girlsWVVirginia: #227 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,341 girlsVAMaryland: #166 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 814 girlsMDDelaware: #176 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 874 girlsDEArizona: #172 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 671 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedNMKansas: #141 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 601 girlsKSArkansas: #318 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,204 girlsARTennessee: #245 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,548 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #292 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,073 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #397 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,172 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #153 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 653 girlsDCOklahoma: #191 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 937 girlsOKLouisiana: #136 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 604 girlsLAMississippi: #215 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,030 girlsMSAlabama: #212 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,112 girlsALGeorgia: #232 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,365 girlsGAHawaii: #299 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,272 girlsHITexas: #219 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 1,033 girlsTXFlorida: #208 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,093 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#61 · 1 in 196
  2. Utah#97 · 1 in 341
  3. New York#123 · 1 in 548
  4. Connecticut#124 · 1 in 592
  5. California#126 · 1 in 535

Best ever in a state: #16 in Wyoming, 1972.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#61141 in 196
Utah#97311 in 341
New York#1232981 in 548
Connecticut#124401 in 592
California#1263241 in 535
Idaho#132121 in 503
Louisiana#136631 in 604
Kansas#141331 in 601
Washington#144481 in 578
Montana#145121 in 518
Wyoming#14851 in 513
Colorado#150311 in 619
District of Columbia#153201 in 653
Pennsylvania#1541361 in 767
Nebraska#159211 in 683
Indiana#160641 in 756
Massachusetts#160501 in 1,027
North Dakota#160101 in 619
Missouri#165541 in 789
New Jersey#165681 in 839
Maryland#166361 in 814
Arizona#172231 in 671
Delaware#17651 in 874
Michigan#176881 in 933
South Dakota#18081 in 838
Rhode Island#18671 in 1,119
Oklahoma#191221 in 937
Maine#19691 in 1,102
Minnesota#205321 in 1,184
Ohio#205831 in 1,186
Oregon#205161 in 963
Florida#208451 in 1,093
Illinois#208901 in 1,143
Iowa#211221 in 1,243
Alabama#212301 in 1,112
Mississippi#215241 in 1,030
Kentucky#219251 in 1,233
Texas#2191071 in 1,033
Virginia#227301 in 1,341
Georgia#232321 in 1,365
Wisconsin#234241 in 1,764
Tennessee#245231 in 1,548
West Virginia#259101 in 1,612
North Carolina#292231 in 2,073
Hawaii#29951 in 1,272
Arkansas#31881 in 2,204
South Carolina#39781 in 3,172
Alaska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Vermont

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Stacey
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 345 spots since 2024 (#2,722#3,067)
  • 319 spots since 2020 (#2,748#3,067)
  • 1,095 spots since 2015 (#1,972#3,067)
  • Biggest jump: 203 spots in 1954 (#688#485)
  • Biggest drop: 116 spots in 2006 (#860#976)
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1971 at #41 (7,482 births)
  • Births halved by 1982, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 22 yrs · run 1965–1986
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1950–2006
Share of babies · girls
1 in 222
  • Highest: 1 in 222 girls born in 1971 were named Stacey (0.45%)
  • Latest: 1 in 30,326 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 40.1% of all girls named Stacey (59,210) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1944
  • Mostly boys until 1943, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s20#3,244 (1918)#3,923
1920s24#4,011 (1922)#4,393
1930s8#3,145 (1939)#3,145
1940s293#1,050 (1949)#2,076
1950s4,615#250 (1959)#558
1960s38,263#52 (1969)#124
1970s59,210#41 (1971)#48
1980s32,138#73 (1980)#95
1990s8,748#168 (1990)#372
2000s2,871#682 (2000)#902
2010s1,212#1,291 (2012)#1,821
2020s348#2,720 (2022)#2,895

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Stacey in 1962

girls
#178
2,181 births · 1 in 902 girls
boys
#403
402 births · 1 in 5,146 boys

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #178Stacey2,181

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #403Stacey402
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 902 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 97.7% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #175Vanessa2,244
  2. #176Stacy2,227
  3. #177Tami2,209
  4. #178Stacey2,181
  5. #179Tammie2,173
  6. #180Crystal2,100
  7. #181Teri2,075
Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. 1,281Tiffany#2,070#789
  2. 879Whitney#1,627#748
  3. 541Zina#1,533#992
  4. 414Glynis#1,406#992
  5. 408Lolita#978#570
Fallers
  1. 300Fern#821#1,121
  2. 259Jacklyn#815#1,074
  3. 255Dorthy#929#1,184
  4. 224Laurene#943#1,167
  5. 215Jimmie#911#1,126

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 5,146 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 91.3% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #399Rudolph412
  2. #401Boyd408
  3. #402Lionel405
  4. #403Stacey402
  5. #404Darwin398
  6. #405Ryan397
  7. #406Archie390
Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. 490Ritchie#1,262#772
  2. 353King#1,349#996
  3. 338Arlie#1,322#984
  4. 250Robb#1,052#802
  5. 243Pernell#928#685
Fallers
  1. 351Mariano#928#1,279
  2. 349Michal#910#1,259
  3. 337Loran#958#1,295
  4. 292Sid#967#1,259
  5. 275Lorenza#940#1,215

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1962